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Clip show: Keeping it light

I really want to write here, but can’t muster the energy. I’m trudging through a Big, Bad Sad right now and that’s making everything hard. So, this is just to let you know we’re still around here at Darby O’Shea HQ.

For now, we’re keeping it light. That’s the way to get through, right?

I was tooling around on Twitter today and came across a link from the Amateur Gourmet that reminded me of one of my favorite songs. A little bit weird, a little bit spooky, a little bit surreal, it’s Kate Bush’s “Wuthering Heights.” Wuthering Heights has always been a favorite novel (see my Proust questionnaire – I was always gaga for Heathcliff, despite the fact that he’s clearly a psychopath) and the song’s creepy kookiness expresses a lot of the things that I like about the novel.

ANYWAY. This sent me on a Youtube odyssey. Here are a couple fabulous versions of this great, great song for you to check out.

And, finally, the link that started it all. This a capella choir is called the Sweptaways. They epitomize the idea of Scandinavian WEIRD. To this video, they bring 80s jazzercize chic, bizarre choreography, and latent crucifixion imagery. Bizarro. If you only watch one of these videos, watch this one.

What’s new with you all? Leave me some love in the comments – I could use it these days.

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I love you Em! I can’t wait to come home so I can hang out with you. I’ll be around on the 15-17. Want to hang out then?
Also, it sounds like we’ve both been feeling love for Kate Bush recently. “This Woman’s Work” is an excellent song when you’re feeling sad. Ach, she’s lovely in such a uniquely eccentric way.
*HUGS*

Love you too, Liz! Yes. Let’s hang out ASAP when you’re in town. Maybe we can marinate in the sun on my roof again (surely it’ll be warm and sunny then, yes?). And, oddly enough, I think Wuthering Heights is the ONLY song by Kate Bush that I actually know! I’ll check out “This Woman’s Work” ASAP. Sounds like an anthem I could get behind. Hugs to you too. Can’t wait to see you.